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The Untanglement of Self-Hastred and Internalized Self-Loathing
The Filipino episode of "This Is Life" tackles the idea that you're not good enough to be a white person. In 1991, she was hired by Jet Set modeling agency after meeting with an agent at a bar in Madrid. She says they took her measurements and it was winter and she hadn't shaved her legs. The next day Elle magazine called asking if she wanted to model for them.
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